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Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (Rome 1499-1546 Mantua)
Lot 4

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (Rome 1499-1546 Mantua)

Socrates and a barbarian, hands clasped

Closed31 January 2019

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Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (Rome 1499-1546 Mantua)
Socrates and a barbarian, hands clasped
with inscription 'Giulio Romano' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in black chalk, lower right corner made up
9½ x 7¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)

Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London (1664-1745) (L. 2184).
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
with Samuel Woodburn, London (1780-1853) from whom acquired by
Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857; L. 2710b), 1836, and by descent
to the Duke of Sutherland; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1972, lot 46.
Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (1926-2008) (L. 3883); Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, lot 3.

Specialist note

The standing barbarian prisoner at right is also featured in a drawing at the Louvre (inv. 3503), traditionally associated with the lost decoration of the east façade of the David Loggia at Palazzo Te, Mantua. Hartt believed it to be a study for the pediment in the fresco, noting documentation that attributed the decoration to Fermo Ghisoni, evidently using designs provided by his master Giulio (Hartt, op. cit., I, p. 99).